hey guys, i am going to install the alt myself, the shop charges 1 and a half hours labor at 90 bucks an hour, even with disc. its cheaper to do myself, so could you gurus give me the basic directions and helpful hints,it looks pretty easy, gonna install tommorrow,weather permitting...thanks for help :Beer

the alternator is one of the easiest parts to change under the hood.

disconnect battery, remove belt, unplug alternator, unbolt alternator, install new alternator, plug in new alternator, install belt, re-connect battery.

its front/center...cant get any easier.

Like Boingy said......it is one of the easiest things to do on the car.

1) Pull the positive battery terminal.

2) Remove the serpentine belt.

3) Remove the spark plug wires off of the bracket that goes over the alt....you do NOT need to pull the spark plug wires, just pull them off of the bracket and lay them on top of the intake.

4) Unplug the wiring harness off of the back of the alt. (pic 1)

5) Remove the nut that holds the other wire onto the alternator under the rubber cover. (pic 2)

6) Unbolt the top of the alt by removing the bracket that holds the alt to the engine, and the alt to the bracket.....you do not have to remove the bolts that hold the bracket to the alt until after you have removed the alt. (pic 3)

7) Loosen up the lower bolts that hold the alt to the front of the motor.....you MAY have to remove them because some of the alt are not slotted at the bottom, but most are.

8) Reverse these directions to reinstall alt.

Hope that helps. :Beer

I do them in 20 minutes tops. Easiest thing on that engine to do.

what are those wierd blue squiggly things? looks like worms euh. lad my car doesnt have all those wierd things mucking up my engine area. lmao :N :wrench

what are those wierd blue squiggly things? looks like worms euh. lad my car doesnt have all those wierd things mucking up my engine area. lmao :N :wrench



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hey i got my alt at my parts dept, i got the cobra one for the same price as max at 5 star,about 160 bucks....when you mean stretch the harness what do you mean, hopfully no cut and splicing :Beer

what are those wierd blue squiggly things? looks like worms euh. lad my car doesnt have all those wierd things mucking up my engine area. lmao :N :wrenchThat's why the Gen 2's rule and the Gen 1 guys drool.